diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index cd73c2d..20dad33 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ postcopy = ["vhost/postcopy", "userfaultfd"]
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.39"
 log = "0.4.17"
-userfaultfd = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
+userfaultfd = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.10", features = ["vhost-user-backend"] }
 virtio-bindings = "0.2.1"
 virtio-queue = "0.11.0"